EKA, A-101
Start Date:
16.10.2025
Start Time:
18:00
End Date:
16.10.2025
How have cities failed women, and what can we do to make them work better for everyone? This talk explores the history and impact of male-centered urban design practices in areas such as mobility, care work, and safety. Using principles inspired by feminist theory and feminist urban planning practices, we will consider a range of ways that cities around the world are implementing more just, equitable, and sustainable approaches to city building.
Leslie Kern, PhD, is the author of three books about cities, including Gentrification Is Inevitable And Other Lies and Feminist City: Claiming Space in a Man-Made World. Her latest book, with Dr. Roberta Hawkins, is Higher Expectations: How to Survive Academia, Make it Better for Others, and Transform the University. She was an associate professor of geography and environment and women’s and gender studies at Mount Allison University from 2009-2024. Leslie’s writing has appeared in The Guardian, Vox, Bloomberg CityLab, and Refinery29. She is also an academic career coach, helping academics find meaning and joy in their work.
2025/2026 open lecture series in held in collaboration of the Faculty of Architecture and the Institute of Art History and Visual Culture.
The lecture series is supported by:
